Teaching Pack

The Teaching Pack forms a comprehensive and detailed picture of the research undertaken during the Journeys project. It aims to provide teachers and educators with theoretically robust and practical strategies for implementation in the classroom and compliments the online Teaching Tools resource. It also acts as a vital knowledge transfer tool for Teacher Education students and MEd in Childrenâs Literature and Literacies.

The Teaching Pack addresses the UKLA's call for educators to move forward with a shared vision of literacy and build curricula for the future, which are locally and globally relevant for children. This is realised here by:

a. making clearer links with home literacy experiences

b. viewing language diversity as an asset

c. understanding literature as a means of improving understanding of self

'Journeys from Images to Words: Evaluating a collaborative visual approach to literacy research and pedagogy', UKLA 48th
International Conference, Leicester 2012

'Translating the Migrant Experience into Words and Pictures: How it can work in an inclusive classroom' and 'Resilient Refugees and Empowered Readers', 33rd International Board on Books and Young People (IBBY) International Congress, London 2012

'Visualising Intercultural Literacy: Engaging with diversity and migration in the classroom through an image-based approach', Language and Intercultural Communication Journal (forthcoming)

'Inclusive Communities of Readers in Glasgow: A Case Study' in European Union Portfolio of Integration 'Supporting the Education and Integration of Migrant Children' (forthcoming)

Teaching Tools

Start your own journey of discovery by using our set of teaching tools, practical in-class activities, and suggestions to help children from diverse backgrounds enhance their language and literacy skills.